Precious Metal: The Season's Toughest Pants Go Heavy on the Hardware

Its no big secret that we've been up to our chins in studs, buckles, laces, and every kind of bad-ass accoutrement you can think of for the past few seasons. But just when we thought the look had finally run out of steam, designers put an inventive spin on this die-hard trend, moving their embellishments down south to toughen up some legwear. From Phi's porcu-pants to Acne's trousers with built-in metal knee-pads, we're looking forward to shimmying into the latest incarnation of our guilty-pleasure trend this season.

We dubbed it “The Butt Shelf” dress when we first saw it this past March on the Sacai runways, and while some among us were dubious, others (it was me, hello!) were stoked that this trend might catch on. You see — I love my butt. It is not particularly big or round, and definitely would not inspire any song to be read

If you have even a tiny bit of hoarder in you, you likely find it really hard to part with clothes. Some reasons are legit, and are bound up in the fears and insecurities about what it means to give up something that you used to identify so strongly with. Other reasons are just crazy, because, no — pinstriped fedoras read